Definitions for osculum

osculum os·cu·lum

Spelling: [os-kyuh-luh m]
IPA: /ˈɒs kyə ləm/

Osculum is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 105 anagrams from letters in osculum (clmosuu).

Definitions for osculum

noun

  1. a small mouthlike aperture, as of a sponge.

Origin of osculum

1605-15; New Latin, Latin ōsculum, equivalent to ōs mouth + -culum -cule1

Examples for osculum

Hemingburgh says they embraced in the cloister (mutuo se receperunt in osculum, p. 245).

osculum twice as broad as the central chamber, armed with a crown of short conical teeth.

osculum twice as broad as the central chamber, surrounded by a coronal of strong conical teeth, twice as long as its diameter.

He introduced in his church the primitive custom of the “osculum pacis” and the “agape” celebrated as a common meal with broth.

Note the spicules covering the surface of the body, and the longer ones surrounding the osculum.

osculum is a friendly; suavium, a tender; basium, an ardent kiss.

The osculum was a sort of "donation on account of marriage" made on the day of the formal engagement.

osculum of the same breadth as the central chamber, surrounded by numerous very short teeth.

osculum three times as broad as the central chamber, surrounded by a crown of strong conical teeth.

A mock sermon often concludes the night's proceedings, the ordinary salutation of the osculum in tergo being first given.

Word Value for osculum
Scrable

11

Words with friends

16

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